Section 4 (Reh Tech) - Styles Flashcards
Style
Why is it important to know styles
So you know how they should be performed
What is groove
The rhythmic pulsation that controbutes to the character of the music and its style
What is folk music
Also known as traditional style.
Predates recorded music and is passed down aurally through each generation
What does folk music reflect
Ethnic customs and time period of people in specific geographical area
Why do many folks songs originate from manual labor
The rhythm helped synchronize an action such as pulling, hauling, or farming chores
In what ways does folk mhsic preserve cultures?
Elevating traditions language and sacred stories.
Also historic events and rite of passage stories
What was folk music used for in the 1960s to 1980s
To protest war and social unrest in america
When was the classical style of western music started?
450 AD to present
How us classical music different from folk style
It is almost all written down in musical notation, directions, and instrumentation so that it can be consistently reproduced.
When is the medieval period
Pre 1400
Whay is a characteristic of the medieval period?
Singing plainsong in gregorian chant
When was harmony introduced
1100 with multiple voices giving rise to polyphonic music
How much medieval music was sacred
Most of it
What is polyphonic music
Combines multiple melodies, rhythms, and harmonic aspects simultaneously
What is a characteristic of the renaissance period
Performed on instruments ans with multiple melodic lines.
What became common practice in the renaissance period
Use of triads chord structures and church modes.
What is the baroque period known for?
Rich complexities
What type of analysis became common practice during the baroque period
Figured bass
What was discovered through pythagoras theories of string division as a natural relationship of music and math?
The overtone series
What did baroque music opitomize
Intricate counter melodies and ornamentations
Where are ornaments placed in baroque style
On the beat